North Alabama Police Officer Suspended Amid Child Abuse Allegations
A north Alabama Police Officer has reportedly been suspended from his department amid a child abuse investigation.
In an order of protection from abuse filed in Etowah County against Mason Clemons of the Boaz Police Department, Clemons is accused of repeatedly hitting a child with a flip-flop, leaving a “big bruise,” – that according to reports from WHNT.
Boaz Police Chief Michael Abercrombie stated Clemons remains an officer with the department however he has been suspended pending further investigation.
We’ll have more on this story as it develops.